Effects of sperm on female longevity in the bumble-bee Bombus terrestris L.

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2003, Pages

  Korner, P ^a   Schmid Hempel, P ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bombus terrestris; Female longevity; Sperm effect

Indexed keywords

BEE; LONGEVITY; MULTIPLE MATING; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SPERM; SURVIVAL;

ACCESSORY SEX GLAND; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EJACULATION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; LONGEVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPERM; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALIA; APIDAE; APOIDEA; BOMBUS PENNSYLVANICUS; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0242574651     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0039     Document Type: Article

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